From individual to community [[electronic resource] ] : issues in development studies : essays in memory of Malcolm Adiseshiah / / edited by R. Maria Saleth

• Pubblicazione: Chennai, : Madras Institute of Development Studies; Los Angeles, : SAGE, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.14
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Development economics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SalethR. Maria <1955-> AdiseshiahMalcolm S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; 1 - Issues in Development Studies: An Overview; 2 - Globalization: Its Portents for Indian Culture; 3 - Growth of a Wasteland; 4 - Whither the Indian Village? Culture and Agriculture in 'Rural' India; 5 - Gender Inequalities: Neglected Dimensions and Hidden Facets; 6 - Cultural Politics of Environment and Development: The Indian Experience; 7 - State, Households and Markets in Education; 8 - Development as a Human Right or as Political Largesse ; 9 - The Power of Uncertainty: Reflections on the Nature of Transformational Initiatives10 - Lineages of Political Society; 11 - The Politics of Social Justice; About the Editor and Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From Individual to Community brings together a set of papers that provides critical commentaries on various facets of the ongoing process of development. The book addresses issues that concern developing countries-such as globalization, economic growth, rural transformation, gender equality, educational reforms and the Dalit movement-from a multidisciplinary perspective. Based on the theoretical framework of the normative principles, the book evaluates issues that are specifically relevant in the Indian context-rich versus poor, globalization versus sustainable development, and so on. Devoid o
• Titolo autorizzato: From individual to community
• ISBN: 1-280-66755-9; 9786613644480; 81-321-0990-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452111503321
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